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The Spider's Stratagem

1970 · 100 min

A hushed, sun-bleached puzzle that drifts through a gossip-ridden town, leaving you unsettled and unsure what was ever true.

Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Starring: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini

Overview: A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

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Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Starring: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
deception
politics
fate
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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